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For people who are not interested in the details of the personal lives of popular singers, their belonging to Ukrainian pop culture may be a discovery.
Indeed, every second performer who performs on the Russian stage was born in Ukraine. There is an opinion that artists go to Russia for fame and fortune.
Both Russian and Ukrainian artists were able to feel the consequences of the difficult political situation. Some have been banned from entering their homeland, some even refuse to tour on the territory of the aggressor country.
However, politics is politics, but no one has canceled the feeling of beauty. In this article you will find the rating of the most popular Ukrainian songs of 2018-2019. Most likely, you did not even suspect that most of them are performed by Ukrainian artists. So, let’s begin.
10 Kyivstoner – Summer
Ukrainian video blogger, rapper. Kyivstoner known to Russian listeners for his participation in the project “mushrooms“. Despite the popularity of this team, Albert decided to start a solo career and left the group.
At the moment, he has achieved popularity not only in his country, but also abroad. Moreover, Albert-Kyivstoner does not refuse to tour abroad.
His song “Summerbecame a real hit in 2018. The performer tells what you can do when it’s +30 outside.
The Kyivstoner video also attracted attention. It alternates bright shots: beaches, palm trees, vacationers, dancing Kyivstoner… Fun and incendiary, but what else do you need?
9. Time and Glass – Vislovo
The famous Ukrainian group was created in 2010. In Russia, it is very popular.
Recently «Time is up“Delighted their fans with a new album. The guys recorded it in three languages at once: Russian, Ukrainian and English.
«Vislovo“- an energetic track, hearing which is difficult to sit still. Clip in the topic: team members, guest stars and ordinary people have fun, do various strange things.
If you have not had fun for a long time and did not allow yourself to relax, be sure to listen to this song and watch the video. You will want “to depend“, as well as members of the Time and Glass group.
8. 5’nizza – Airplane
A duet from Ukraine appeared in 2000, after 7 years, the guys announced the breakup “5’nice».
In 2015 year Sergei Babkin и Andrey Zaporozhets started working together under the old name.
Their musical creativity is different from the creativity of other performers. The guys combine different genres: rock, reggae, hip-hop and others.
They perform almost all songs in Russian, single compositions – in Ukrainian.
Their track “Aircraftnot exactly what the general public is used to. Not everyone will be able to understand the meaning of the song: smart phrases are replaced by slang words.
However, the members of the duet “5’nizza” in one of the interviews told what this composition is about. Everything is simple. The main idea is the fear of flying (not only about planes, but also about changes in life) and the belief that everyone will fly to where they need to.
7. NK-LOMALA
2006 to 2017 Nastya Kamensky was a member of the duoPotap and Nastya“. The girl became famous, won many awards and prizes, and in 2017 she decided to go “free swimming”.
Career NK became no less successful. Now she is known not only as a popular performer (on the territory of Ukraine and Russia, even abroad), but also as a video blogger and businesswoman.
Each new clip of the star becomes viral, outstripping many other video materials in terms of the number of views.
An energetic compositionLOMALA” was no exception. This is a song of a girl who suffers because of love, but despite this she tries to resist her feelings.
A very bright video was shot for the track “LOMALA”, where Nastya appears in various images. NK records albums in three languages: English, Russian and Ukrainian.
6. Monatik – LOVE IT rhythm
The performer is known far beyond the borders of his country. He was born in Ukraine, but tours all over the world.
Song Monatik “LOVE IT Rhythm” gained great fame thanks to the video. It is no different from the other compositions of the artist, but the video is called the most ambitious in his work.
Everything as usual. The text is about how important it is to catch your rhythm, forget about problems and dance.
The video clip is amazing: dancing on the wing of the plane, on the piano, on the table … Beautiful unusual movements, bright costumes – a real gift for the visuals.
Interesting fact: Unfortunately, Russian fans of Monatik are unlikely to be able to see their favorite artist live – he is banned from entering Russia, in 2017 he took part in a political scandal.
5. Alekseev – Kiss
Ukrainian singer Alekseev – a favorite of young girls. His songs are romantic and melancholy. Mostly it is suffering about unrequited love or relationship problems.
His new compositionKiss‘ is fundamentally different from others. She is more energetic and outspoken. This song is about love and passion, the performer asks “kiss me so openly».
Alekseev himself called this track experimental. According to him, he has matured and wants to try something new.
For your information: the performer not only decided on a creative experiment, but also changed his image and even his demeanor. Now he began to look more youthful, and in his new video for the song “Kiss” he even tries to dance, which has never happened before.
4. LOBODA – SuperSTAR
Svetlana needs no introduction. She began her musical career in 2004 as a member of the group “Via gra».
Now she works solo, with a musical project LOBODA many fans, including in Russia.
Her song “SuperSTAR‘ became a hit. The meaning is clear: all people are like people, and Svetlana can do anything, she is a superstar.
Interest in the composition was fueled by a teaser for a new video. Svetlana was in position at that time (on the ninth month). She invited 9 pregnant girls and recorded a shocking dance video.
3. MARUV – Siren Song
Beauty Anna from Pavlograd began her musical career in 2013. The girl created a group, success did not come immediately. In 2017, the team changed their musical direction and name.
Collective MARUV became very popular. Their songs have repeatedly occupied the first lines of music charts, not only Ukrainian ones. At the same time, Anna announced that the group broke up, and she leaves the pseudonym for herself.
MARUV is a vamp woman, all her compositions are about hot love and passion, the genre is electro-pop. “Siren Songcan be described in one sentenceLove me“. Clip in the topic: hotel, half-naked beauties, provocative dances …
For your information: MARUV tries not to touch on political topics. She even refused to represent Ukraine at Eurovision, since one of the terms of the contract was a ban on touring in Russia.
2. Max Barskikh – Unearthly
Creative way Max Barsky started with a scandal. He participated in the Ukrainian “Star Factory”. The guy at that time was 18 years old, he committed a strange act – he cut his veins right during the concert, before that he confessed his love for Svetlana Loboda.
Max left the project, but soon became famous throughout the country. Now he has many fans, he is known not only in Ukraine, but also in other CIS countries.
His composition “Unearthly”is a declaration of love to a certain girl. Beautiful melodic song. She entered the new album, with which the singer will go on a world tour of Europe and America.
1. Kazka – Crying
The group was created in 2017, but in Russia they first heard about it after the premiere of the famous song “cried».
The team “kazka” stands out among other performers, they have their own style – electro-folk.
“Crying” is the only composition in Ukrainian that has been at the top of the Russian hit parades for a long time.
The song is not entirely clear to the Russian listener, but its meaning is not difficult to determine. These are the revelations of a girl who is not going through the best moment in her life – she broke up with her beloved. Despite this, she understands that she needs to move forward, forget about the past and move on.
This touching song will not leave indifferent any woman. After all, this story, at least once, happened to every girl.